Definition Clause
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Definition clause, A definition clause does not necessarily in any statute apply in all possible contexts in which the word which is defined may be found therein. The opening clause of s. 2 of the T.N. Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 itself suggests that any expression defined in that s. should be given the meaning assigned to it therein unless the context otherwise requires, K. Balakrishna Rao v. Haji Abdulla Sait, (1980) 1 SCC 321: AIR 1980 SC 214: (1980) 1 SCR 875.
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